Hearing the creak of the swinging rope, Grel stumbles backwards down the steps.
Meanwhile, Carson flips forwards and goes from vertical to almost horizontal in an instant, taking two dancing steps along the cliff wall before pirouetting to a gentle landing on the steps ahead of the crashing vial.
A slick of brown mould coats the stair between Grel and Carson.
knowledge (dungeoneering) DC12:
This is brown mould. It is painfully cold.
knowledge (dungeoneering) DC17:
The mould is paradoxical: it's spread by fire and killed by cold.
GM screen:
1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28
Perception DC28:
What's that? a goblin crawling to the lip of one of the buildings above Carson!
Human Male Unchained Rouge 3 [HP 13/24][AC:16 T:14 FF:12 CMD:17] [Init +3] [Fort +4 Ref +6 Will +2] [Perception +7]
Carson sees the stairs burst into flames and quickly assesses his situation. "That's not good."
He moves to the top of the stairs quickly checks out the landing and then moves to the left side of the door. He is hoping that if anyone comes out to check the stairs they will look to their left and miss him completely.
Just to be clear, the stairs don't burst into flame: the flames are extinguished by the freezing mould, which then grows in response the the momentary flame.
the goblin throws another bottle:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
And as it strikes, the mould expands again.
Party is up!
Carson:
You can see three goblins inside some kind of compound. There are gaps in the fence and gate to see through. The goblins are clearly afflicted with the demon's bile. The gate is locked with a large padlock which you can easily reach, it is mostly made up of battered tower shields and you can also try to climb it, or try to force the gate if you want to get through.
Human Male Unchained Rouge 3 [HP 13/24][AC:16 T:14 FF:12 CMD:17] [Init +3] [Fort +4 Ref +6 Will +2] [Perception +7]
GM Elderion:
Is the padlock on the inside or the outside. Trying to figurer out if they are locked up. Are there any other exits out of the room? Are they armed? Do they seem aware of the combat going on outside?
The lock inside but a hole in the gate means it can easily be swung into position to be unlocked from outside as well. It functions like an improvised door lock which can be locked/unlocked from either side. You are looking at an open yard, not a room. The goblins are all armed. They are chattering excitedly and looking at the bomber but not leaping to attack.
Please note, any cold damage makes a 5ft square shrivel up but otherwise, as a hazard, think of it as a 5ft square of mild covering every bit or rock and wood there. You will need to use a splash weapon (or spend several minutes per square) to destroy it.
You could strap a scraping tool to a 10ft pole as well, there are other solutions.
Verathis and Johnny both strike the goblin bomber.
She howls in pain and draws back from the roof edge, calling out in goblin, "Lulu umi! Finagalo o le Tina? O le po nei tatou te fiafia i le tino o le tagata!"
goblin:
Longshanks! Fetch Mother Hound? Tonight we feast on human flesh!
Sorry, I wasn't clear. She has drawn back from the roof edge and is now out of sight. Those below the stairs can now hear goblins but cannot see any.
Lets try that round again. PCs are up.
Now there are two patches, each covering an area of around 5ft, with around 5ft of space inbetween.
It's a narrow stair so acrobatics checks, and the second jump is from a standing start, but a pretty low DC (I think, will calculate) so you could jump past the mould now.
Carson:
A goblin leads a big, dangerous looking goblin-dog out of a building, while the bomber comes down to the yard and starts bullying the others into a group. She looks wiry and agile, and very confident.
At one point she seems to look over deeper into the pleateau but you can't see what she is looking at.
Male Slyph #135676-8 Johnny Sniper Boon Fighter (Weapon Master Longbow): HP:20/20, Speed:25, Init:5, AC:19(21 vs non-magic ranged), FF:16(18 ranged), T:13, Fort:3, Ref:3, Will:2, Perc:6, Darkvison
Oh man, Jonny has good acrobatics, but bad acrobatics on jumping acro:1 + 1d20 ⇒ 1 + (9) = 10 he should be able to do this easily
arco:1 + 1d20 ⇒ 1 + (7) = 8 as he tries to climb up the stairs and jump them
